Author's Note: I had a pleasant dream that ended "scary".
It all happened late at night, in the heart of a big city, a Holy Grail War is taking place.
In the sky were Anne, Marcy and Sasha in their Super-Calamity Forms and they are fighting unidentified enemies.
I was on the ground and running like crazy in the middle of the road.
All to see what's going to happen.
I'm not sure if I was a Demi-Servant or a Servant Caster, but I sure was dressed in a white lab coat and had E-rank stats in Strength and Endurance.
While the Calamity Trio fought, I used my Noble Phantasm, nothing as impressive or strong as Excalibur.
While the Calamity Trio battle their unknown foes, I used my Noble Phantasm, nothing as impressive or strong as Excalibur.
I summoned a team of Seven Super-Homuculus or Mecha-Girls, one of them a woman with long white hair, armed with a large golden axe.
Before things could get interesting, my Servant self tripped, fell flat on his face into the asphalt road, then a car nearly crushed his head.
The scare made me wake up at five in the morning.
For once in my life I have such a dream and everything is ruined by a fright.
Anyway, those who follow me should know about my rule. If I have an interesting dream with one or more characters I like, I have to write a story.
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Story Title: Fate Zero Amp: The path of calamity
Plot: In this world, the core of the Grail anticipated the outcome of the Avenger's summoning and made its preparations.
Angra Mainyu wants to bring calamity upon the world, so that he receives a unique Calamity of its kind.
The Heroic Spirit, Sashannarcy will leave his mark and everyone will have to come to terms with it.
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Story Arc: Welcome to the Fourth Holy Grail War
Episode 1: Summoning the Heroic Spirits (I)
Prologue: A trio of calamity heroines for a heartless priest
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POV Narrator
Fuyuki Holy Grail War, also called Heaven's Feel, is a Holy Grail War ritual founded in the 1800s in Fuyuki City, Japan.
Established by the three founding families of Tohsaka, Matou and Einzbern, the wizarding community at large knows it as a competition to win a Holy Grail.
Seven magi are chosen by the Grail to be Masters and, with the support of the Grail, can summon seven Servants to battle.
The winning pair will, presumably, claim the Holy Grail and use it to grant their wish or wishes.
Unfortunately, things never quite worked out in this ritual.
The first two wars were spent fixing bugs in the ritual, and the first fully formed Grail War, the third, saw the summoning of the Avenger Angra Mainyu.
Tampering with the system to summon an Avengers Class Servant was the Einzbern Family's worst mistake.
Angra Mainyu turned out to be one of the weakest Servants you can call upon.
Avenger was the first Servant to be defeated in the Third Holy Grall War, then something unexpected happened.
Angra Mainyu's soul tainted the core of the Grail, turning the wishing machine into a time bomb.
It no longer matters who wins the war, all wishes made by the Corrupted Grail will be manifested in the most destructive way possible.
Fortunately for the inhabitants of this world, the self-awareness of the Grail is more developed and sensitive than normal.
The moment the Avengers was invoked, the Grail consciousness based Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern began to work out a solution to the problem.
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In a metaphysical location within the Grail, the "ghost" of Justeaze Einzbern weighs his options.
In human terms, Justeaze Einzbern resembles a young woman, with long snow-white hair, a doll-like face, red pupils likened to rubies, pale skin.
The classic perfectionist look of the Einzbern homuculus
He wears a beautiful white robe, made of gold and is gifted with seven rings which are said to have control over creation and the souls of others.
'I have managed to insert a sub-program into the grail system.
In the coming War, the King of Knights will be invoked, and the Sword of Promise Victory will destroy the corruption of Angra Mainyu.' Justeaze thinks, believing he made the best possible choice.
' But are we sure King Arthur is enough?
What if the King of Knights is defeated before he can use Excalibur?' A small voice filled with doubts and insecurities appeared in Justeaze's head.
Instead of ignoring this little voice, Justeaze listens to it and imagines numerous scenarios where King Arthur cannot save the day due to circumstances or a too powerful enemy.
The self-awareness of the Holy Grall, could not allow any chance that the Avengers could destroy the world.
"I need a hero who will ensure the complete and assured destruction of Angra Mainyu.
If this world doesn't grant the ideal hero, I just have to take a hero from another world!" Justeaze proclaims, in a voice full of determination.
The accumulated energy of the previous Wars will be enough to allow the Holy Grall to make contact with the Throne of Heroes of another reality.
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The metaphysical place known as the Throne of Heroes is such a vast and complex place that the human mind cannot conceive the grandeur of this place.
In technical language, the Throne of Heroes is a gigantic database, full of servers that collect and store information, i.e. the souls of great heroes and their nemeses.
The Greater Grail can be considered a computer that temporarily connects to this privileged database (Throne of Heroes).
For the duration of the connection, the computer (Major Grail) can search through this digital library and choose seven files (Servant) which will be downloaded into itself and then sent to its users (Master).
The Greater Grail can only connect to a single server, typically the server that collects data from its home region, because power consumption is lower and connection is easier.
But the will of the Grail, Justeaze Einzbern used a large amount of magical energy and managed to enter a different Throne of Heroes.
Justeaze Einzbern could not have known which "server" she would connect to, after all her desperate move was literally a blindfolded shot.
Everything has been left to the universe.
Luckily for Justeaze Einzbern, the universe has fun answering prayers.
Unfortunately, the universe's responses tend to be unpredictable, as if forces majeure want to do their job and create an interesting show at the same time.
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Inside the "server" responsible for collecting "data" from the CCH Universe or Earth-2126; Justeaze Einzbern is jumping for joy.
The Greater Grail's will ended up connecting to a section of the Throne of Heroes, filled with heroes that didn't exist in its original world.
Ancient heroes, not counting those without counterparts like the Belmonts, are more or less the same as in the world of Justeaze Einzbern.
Only that they are much more powerful, with many more descendants and tastes ... exotic in matters of women and men.
An interesting detail, somehow Morgan Le Fay had a son with Merlin, which created one of the darkest and most powerful dynasty of Wizards in the history of the Enlightened World by moonlight.
Somewhere in the year 1970, the cursed blood of Morgan Le Fay would unite with the blessed blood of the Belmonts, the greatest vampire hunters in history.
This union would produce the woman who will give birth to the child destined to bring back the sword Excalibur to the Modern World and make himself known as the Black King of Chaldea.
' Maybe in another timeline I would have taken the descendant of Morgan Le Fay, the King of the Knights of the Future and made them meet Artoria Pendragon.
But I want something more special, someone or something that can uproot Angra Mainyu and make him suffer for tarnishing the Holy Grail literally and figuratively.' Think Justeaze Einzbern, showing that he has a slight sadistic and vengeful streak inside him.
The will of the Greater Grail continued to search for heroes and anti-heroes as well, wanting to find a person or Noble Phantasm with a resistance/immunity to the corrupting powers of Angra Mainyu and/or overwhelming strength far superior to the Holy Sword Excalibur.
During this research Justeaze Einzbern noticed something special.
'In my world, the more time went on, the fewer heroes appeared and their quality also dropped. But in this World it is the opposite.' Think Justeaze Einzbern, surprised at this huge difference between the two worlds.
In the original world of Justeaze Einzbern, magic, heroism and everything connected with the Moonlit World of Light has been in constant decline for centuries.
But, according to information on this "server", there is a world that is going through a period of prosperity and ascension, accompanied by many adversities and the yearly alien invasion or near-apocalypse.
'Starting in 2008 with Tony Stark, aka Iron-man, they began to appear, more and more heroes, younger, more powerful and ... more eccentric in their personal tastes.' Think Justeaze Einzbern, blushing hugely, discovering that some of the most powerful heroes of the 21st century were also the most… adventurous in matters of nontraditional relationships.
Justeaze Einzbern's search came to a halt when he found a rather complex file centered around the story of a Music Box and girls who end up in a world full of Amphibians.
" Calamity Box, an item capable of replicating Zelretch's Second True Magic." Justeaze Einzbern murmurs softly, impressed by the existence of such an artifact that seems to have become a Noble Phantasm divided among several Heroic Spirits.
The Will of the Greater Grail continued to delve into the subject of the Calamity Box and the Heroic Spirits who have all the pieces to reform the Carillon.
"The Blue Stone of Heart, connected to the Heroic Spirit, Anne Boonchuy." Justeaze Einzbern said, opening Anne's file, which contained the entire story of the Thai-American girl.
"The Green Stone of Wit, guarded by the Heroic Spirit, Marcy Wu." Justeaze Einzbern said, opening Marcy's file, looking at her class skills and personal skills sections, as well as her long list of inventions.
"The Red Stone of Strength, held by the Heroic Spirit, Sasha Waybright." Justeaze Einzbern said, opening Sasha's file, looking at the long list of available Noble Phantasms and the lingering anomalies within her at her Saint Graph.
"The Yellow Stone of Soul ... is an abnormal case." Justeaze Einzbern murmurs, raising an eyebrow, at the sight of the unusual situation of the fourth and final Calamity Stone.
Unlike the previous three cases, the Calamity Stone did not choose a single bearer, instead it connected with a pair of twins, brother and sister who were separated at birth, Adeline and Bruce.
Also, it looks like Adeline got the Calamity Box with her third Noble Phantasm, but it's not much use without the rest of the Calamity Stones.
The will of the Greater Grail opened their files, after reading a single page, Justeaze Einzbern's face became a thousand times paler than normal.
Steeling herself, the woman in white looked at the section of available classes, personal skills and Noble Phantasm ...
Soon after, he closed the file and sent it back to the deepest sections of the "server", then he made a big cross and thanked Akasha that that pair of twins hadn't been born into his world.
" A sister summonable as a Beast and a brother summonable as a Saver.
Both endowed with Noble Phantasm Anti-Planet, exceedingly dangerous personal abilities and a history that underscores an extremist and unstable mentality." Justeaze Einzbern mumbles, shaking slightly as he recalls the information he read.
The Woman in White will know who to call if she ever needs to cause destruction of biblical proportions, but until then these twins are sidelined until darkest night.
Anne, Marcy, and Sasha earned Ruler class, likely for dedicating their lives to keeping Adeline in a stable state.
But why did they decide to let a candidate girl for the title of Beast into their group relationship or even marry her?" Justeaze Einzbern mutters, not being able to understand much of the decisions of the Calamity heroines even with their whole story in front of her.
Justeaze Einzbern remembering that time is limited, shakes his head and decides not to think he has unnecessary matters.
After all, she came here looking for a capable hero or heroine, not looking for a complicated romance between a demisexual sports girl, a lesbian nerdy girl, a bisexual cheerleader, and a pansexual witch.
" I have found three heroines who can solve the problem of Angra Mainyu. But who among them should I choose?" Justeaze Einzbern murmurs, putting his hand under her chin, having to think about it.
"Anne is the most heroic and mentally stable of the Calamity Heroines, she has the most control over her Calamity Stone, and one of her Noble Phantasms is powerful.
But her Noble Phantasm works like a single silver bullet, and Anne's tactics in battle are pretty simple." Justeaze Einzbern murmurs, classing Anne as the most heroic and simplest of the Calamity Heroines.
Let's see, Marcy is the smartest of the three girls, given enough time on her hands she can create a solution to any problem.
Too bad Marcy's stats are lower than the other girls, some of the Noble Phantasms are difficult to use." Justeaze Einzbern said, seeing that Marcy lacks a particular explosive power and its brilliance manifests itself with the passage of time.
Marcy, you make a viable enemy when you can gather intelligence and complete your preparations.
The last option, Sasha, the anti-hero and bad luck girl of the bunch. But she has the highest stats and the most combat-oriented Noble Phantasms.
Some of his characteristics make Sasha a great asset or a great risk against Angra Mainyu." Justeaze Einzbern said, not trusting Sasha too much, due to some questionable actions present in his legend.
The woman in white goes over the three rows, seeming unable to make up her mind.
" A pity that I can not take all three heroines.
Individually, the girls are first class Servants, but together they can compare to the likes of Arthur, Arjuna and Karna." Justeaze Einzbern murmurs, in a thoughtful voice, wishing he could get extra seats to include the entire Calamity Trio.
An invisible light bulb went on above Einzbern's head.
"If I use the foundation of the Saint Graph of the extra classes without including their unique characteristics, combined with an altered Command Seal, someone will get the Sashannarcy pack." Diss3 Justeaze Einzbern, with a sneaky smile on his face. The will of the Greater Grail has found the method to modify the rules, without breaking them, to do as he wishes.
" Risks may appear in the future and during the War of the Holy Grail. But, fate favors those who dare." Justeaze Einzbern said, with a look full of determination.
Angra Mainyu will not know what hit him.
Indeed, no participant in the Fourth Holy Grail War will know what they are about to face.
"he who laughs at the end, laughs better." Said a female voice, starting to work in earnest.
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Year 1994.
In the far eastern land across the sea, inside a western-style house, Tokiomi Thosaka is about to be one of the first people to be smitten by Justeaze Einzbern's machinations.
Tokiomi Thosaka is a thirty-year-old man, 177 centimeters tall, wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a crimson tuxedo with black buttons over it, a blue ribbon, and brown shoes. He has sleek black hair, a goatee and blue eyes.
At the moment, Tokiomi is in the basement of his house, sitting behind his desk.
Tokiomi is waiting for the return of his pupil and friend Kirei, who supposedly invoked Assassin, to help him win the Fourth Holy Grail War.
As if nothing unusual had happened, Kirei Kotomine walked into her teacher's office.
Kirei is a 28-year-old man, 185cm tall, short brown hair, dark brown eyes and blank. Kirei being a member of the Holy Church is dressed in the black robe of his clergy and wears a gold cross around his neck.
"Kirei, nice to see you, I hope the Assassin's summon was successful?" Tokiomi asks, cordially greeting her pupil and close ally.
Kirei didn't answer right away.
Instead, he simply raised his right hand, showing the back of his hand to Tokiomi.
The back of Kirei's hand is marked with three V-shaped lines, arranged to form a sort of large heart.
Each of these symbols is colored differently, one in blue color, one in green color and finally a red/pink color symbol.
Tokiomi's eyebrow lifts slightly as he looks at the unusual Command Seals.
"Something unexpected has appeared." Kirei declares, in a monotone and calm voice, as she lowers her hand.
After these famous words, three women appeared around Kirei Kotomine, each of them had a distinctive appearance, but they had one thing in common, all three of them are Servants.
To Kirei's left, a twenty-three-year-old Thai-American woman appeared, light brown skin, messy auburn hair, dark brown eyes, 165cm tall, her three dimensions: B96, W54, H93.
He wears a skintight black suit, with medium-sized western-style armor over it, which offers protection but does not restrict movement too much. The cuirass is blue in color, with small details and golden inscriptions.
Around his waist, he wears a double-edged western sword.
"I am Blue Saber." Said the Heroic Spirit of the Sword, in a friendly tone as he greeted Tokiomi.
Behind Kirei appeared a twenty-three-year-old Taiwanese-American woman, olive skin, short black hair and dark brown oval eyes, 168cm tall, her three dimensions: B78, W55, H80.
He wears a skin-tight leaf-green suit, with a set of leather protectors covered with arcane symbols.
Black boots come up to the knees, straps with daggers around the thighs.
The shoulders and back are hidden by a large hooded cloak, in a camouflage green colour.
Around his waist he wears a kind of black multifunctional belt with small tools that are difficult to identify.
"I am Green Archer!" She declares the Heroic Spirit of the Bow, in an excited voice, pushing Kirei aside, so that she is in front of the group.
To Kirei's right appeared a twenty-three-year-old woman of German/Slavic origins, pale white skin, blond hair held in a short ponytail, a blue right eye, 174cm tall, her three dimensions: B93, W60 , H95.
The left eye is covered with a red bandage.
Starting from the neck down, the woman's entire body is covered in the highest quality skintight armor possible.
The neck, chest, abdomen, arms and legs are protected by red and pink armor decorated with archaic symbols.
A short red cloak, with an elaborate golden emblem over it, covers his left arm.
She is even equipped with two swords on her back.
"Call me, Red or Pink Lancer." Said the Heroic Spirit of the Spear, in an indifferent voice, crossing his arms.
Tokiomi's eyes widen in surprise, around Kirei there are three Servants who seem to recognize him as a Master.
" It's not over yet." Kirei said, in a tired voice, knowing the chaos has just begun.
In an instant, three anthropomorphic creatures similar to frogs materialized near Blue Saber.
An elderly orange frog, dressed as if he were some kind of Shakespearean actor.
A pink frog in his late teens, dressed and equipped as if he were an exporter or treasure hunter.
A preteen purple frog, dressed as if he were a mechanic, has a belt full of tools around his waist.
Kirei, what did you summon!?" Tokiomi asks, in an incredulous voice, almost losing his elegant appearance.
"An unprecedented calamity for the Holy Grail War." Kirei replies, managing to keep a stoic face, even though she's in the middle of a supernatural circus.
Continues ...